Tag: the McGuinty Government

  • Ontario’s Greens push for public interest first in tackling the deficit eg: Merge all school systems

    Ontario’s Greens push for public interest first in tackling the deficit eg: Merge all school systems

    Toronto, ON – “Putting the public interest before vested interests is the most equitable and efficient way to eliminate Ontario’s record deficit,” says Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner.  Eliminating the deficit requires tackling vested interests in the province’s biggest budget categories: education, energy and health care, as well as bringing our tax system…

  • Things You Find Out After An Election

    Things You Find Out After An Election

    Two weeks after the last ballot was cast in the election, we in Ontario learned of approvals for more electricity increases. The same day we also heard we may soon be paying the highest price for electricity in the developed world. According to energy analyst Parker Gallant, and University of Guelph’s Glenn Fox, the McGuinty…